if you think about it if a fire started and you were able to get there quick
enough would you want to put your hand over the flames to turn the gas off?
Away from the dryer and easily reached sounds good to me. Who cares how it
looks it is a laundry room?

Wayne

"Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" wrote in message
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We just had a plumber run a dryer gas line for our new laundry room.

2 questions about the placement of the hookup:

1. The hookup runs vertically up the back wall and is about 40"
tall. I would have thought the hookup should be down low since that
is where the connection with the dryer is and am concerned that
this will now look ugly. The plumber, however, claims that it is
important to have the hookup at an accessible height so that you
can shut off the gas. What is best practice here?

2. The hookup actually terminates behind the washing machine rather
than the dryer because the plumber cut the pipes short by
mistake. Is this a problem that is worth redoing so that the hookup
is behind the dryer?

Thanks,
Jeff